circumvents exception checking

import java.io.IOException;

// Don't do this either - circumvents exception checking!
public class Thrower {

	private static Throwable t;

	private Thrower() throws Throwable {
		throw t;
	}

	public static synchronized void sneakyThrow(Throwable t) {

		Thrower.t = t;

		try {
			Thrower.class.newInstance();
		} catch (InstantiationException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException();
		} finally {
			Thrower.t = null; // Avoid memory leak
		}

	}
	
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println("Oh I'm so innocent");
		IOException exception = new IOException("hehe");
		Thrower.sneakyThrow(exception);
	}

}

 

it's the 43 puzzle from the book <<java puzzler>>.

in this solution it can throw checked exception without compile time checking.

but with some limitations when it wants to throw InstantiationException and IllegalAccessException.

 

reference: http://www.javaspecialists.eu/archive/Issue144.html